Example sentences of "that she could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grinned at her , aware that she was trying to pick a fight so that she could avoid further discussion of the subject . |
| 2 | Iraq would be much more justified to say that she spent lots of money on military equipment so that she could invade other countries like Iran to gain more land . |
| 3 | The USA had never needed to undertake such policies previously , since acceptance of the dollar 's role as a key reserve asset had meant that she could meet any payments deficit simply by increasing the supply of dollars . |
| 4 | ‘ Eh ? ’ said Bella , surprised out of her personal nightmare : the one where she sat , in a big room , unable to move , imprisoned in her crippled body , surrounded by a sea of senile faces , while a pitying young woman stuck a baby 's cup between her toothless gums so that she could suck lukewarm tea out of it . |
| 5 | How was it that she could tolerate such noise ? |
| 6 | When offered a post in the Labour government of 1964 she refused , saying that she could do more fighting for the government in Liverpool . |
| 7 | Her dress sense was faultless and Félix had taught her that she could wear eye-catching colours that she would n't have thought of choosing for herself . |
| 8 | She knew that she could put economic pressure on her neighbours to build up a bloc of states aligned to herself . |
| 9 | She spent hours in the stockroom , trying everything on so that she could describe each dress to Louise . |
| 10 | She went from being childish , not caring for social conventions and so spoilt that she could follow any whim she liked , to realising how nai ‘ 3vely and shameful her ‘ rebellion ’ really was . |
| 11 | She seriously believed that she could gain three pounds by eating a cream cake — and her body valiantly struggled to prove her right ! |
| 12 | Aslan 's spectacular claims that she could add eight years to the average lifespan by means of procaine injections started a spate of clinical trials during 1959–1960 , all of which were negative . |
| 13 | Luke drew the car to a halt in front of the house and cut the engine , turning in the seat to face her , his eyes so black that she could see tiny images of herself reflected in their depths . |
| 14 | He was so close that she could see little gold flecks in the brown of his eyes . |
| 15 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 16 | The Bengali lady who enrolled in an English cookery class , so that she could provide English food for some of her son 's chums at school , is likely next to take a GCSE in English and help prepare herself for a job that may be just around the corner . |
| 17 | She had heard her mother say that she could provide these things , but that the days were long and lonely on her own and she would like to meet people and to earn her own money , no matter how small . |
| 18 | Little wonder then that during the build-up to her wedding she invited her former teacher Wendy Mitchell and pianist Lily Snipp to Buckingham Palace so that she could have dancing lessons . |